Elephant tree is a common name for several plants with swollen stems and may refer to:
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Boswellia papyrifera
''Boswellia papyrifera'', also known as the Sudanese frankincense, is a species of flowering plant and frankincense that is native to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. The tree is cultivated in Ethiopia because of its valuable resin. The incense is c ...
'', a species in the family Burserceae native to northeastern Africa
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Bursera microphylla
''Bursera microphylla'', known by the common name elephant tree in English or 'torote' in Spanish, is a tree in genus ''Bursera''. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a thickened, water-storing or caudiciform trunk. It is found in ...
'', a species in the family Burserceae native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
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Operculicarya decaryi
''Operculicarya decaryi'', known as elephant tree or jabily, is a thick stemmed succulent plant species in the family Anacardiaceae, named after the botanical collector Raymond Decary. It is found in Madagascar and is also grown as a bonsai tr ...
'', a species in the family Anacardiaceae native to Madagascar, and cultivated for bonsai
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Pachycormus discolor'', a species in the family Anacardiaceae native to Baja California
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